Armed Robber Shoots Man at Bus Stop for Not Having Any Money to Steal

A man who was waiting for a bus was reportedly shot by an armed robber after the robber learned that the man had nothing to steal.

The 48-year-old victim told police he was at a bus stop on St. Louis Avenue and Union when an unknown man approached him, showed a firearm and demanded money around 3:30 p.m. When the victim told the suspect he didn’t have any money, the suspect fired the gun, striking the victim in the leg.

This case, while sad, is not uncommon. Although documenting the harm inflicted by robbers upon their victims is not the focus of this website, there are still plenty of examples that have been posted here before. These cases run the spectrum from robbers shooting cooperative victims just for fun, to shooting victims for not having enough money to steal, as well as shooting victims who try to run:

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